Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. However, the fact that Studio Nue veterans like Kawamori and Miyatake were ...

One of the newer toy companies to make a splash in recent years is Flame Toys, and their take on Optimus Prime from classic ...

From Gundam to Evangelion, the best mecha series of all time finds clever ways to reinvent the genre. Shoji Kawamori is known ...

Considering that the toy was designed by mecha pioneer Shoji Kawamori -- who also designed the characters Westerners now know ...

Giant mecha battle it out in a Venetian sci-fi fantasy world created by the legendary Shoji Kawamori (creator of Optimus Prime) in the new anime series Aquarion Evol, a sequel to the 2005 hit ...